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While it is hard to win a lottery, it is easier than one might imagine to leave it unclaimed.

The bill includes provisions allowing the government to use unclaimed deposits to fund support for private tenants, and allowing a single joint tenant to end a joint tenancy.

"As it stands, there is still a small amount of cremated remains which remain unclaimed and unidentified, and that's what we're looking to achieve through traditional lines of inquiry," he said.

New analysis suggests seven million households are missing out on £24bn of financial help and support because of unclaimed benefits and social tariffs.

And yet the band’s legacy remains strangely unclaimed, overshadowed by bands who made their Britishness easier to export.